Process-dependent residual trapping of CO2 in sandstone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2820-2826

  Zuo, Lin ^a   Benson, Sally M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 exsolution; Process dependent trapping

Indexed keywords

SANDSTONE;

BEREA SANDSTONE; DEGASSING PROCESS; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; EXSOLUTION; GAS SATURATIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEGASSING; EXSOLUTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE; SATURATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

BEREA; LESOTHO;

EID: 84899034449     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059653     Document Type: Article

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